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alien woman in the strip called figured in another story if I had 06 Failed Jedi know anything about literature,
Amaiza, and I always liked the continued writing for the Star Don-Wan you already know what kind of
Kihotay
name, so I gave it to her.” Wars comic.” proves his character he’s going to be. Was
Han had past dealings with lightsaber he really a failed Jedi Knight? He
Amaiza, and calls her the ‘Den Jedi and Starkillers skills. certainly talks like he was a Jedi
Mother of the Black-Hole Gang.’ “I’ve done a number of things 07 FE-9Q, the Knight! The readers can make up
Here again, Thomas took his where I’ve added a Don Quixote Starkiller Kid, their own minds.”
Don-Wan
cue from the real-life Wild West. character,” Thomas says, moving For one of the fi nal members
Kihotay,
“That’s a take-off of the Hole-in- on to the character of failed Jedi Jaxxon, of the Aduba-8, Thomas delved
the-Wall Gang [which included Knight Don-Wan Kihotay. “When Amaiza into the early days of Star Wars’
Foxtrain and
infamous bandits Butch Cassidy you are talking about knights Hedji team up development with the Starkiller
and the Sundance Kid]. I fi gured errant, soldiers of fortune, and with Han and Kid (who was joined by tank-
Chewie.

people would see that reference The Magnifi cent Seven, somehow droid FE-9Q, ‘Effie’ for short).
and think it was kind of cute. I a Don Quixote character tends “That was a joke from when
probably had an idea that the to fit right in. As soon as you Luke Skywalker was called Luke

Black-Hole Gang might have see him and hear him, if you Starkiller,” Thomas explains.

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